Analysis & commentary: Lessons from england's health care workforce redesign: No quick fixes

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2025-2031

  Bohmer, Richard M J ^a,b   Imison, Candace ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SKILL MIX; TEAMWORK; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; COST OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

COST OF HEALTH CARE; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84888114627     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0553     Document Type: Article

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